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Paul Larsen at the FIT Center with his daughter, Linda McCarthy.
After the atom bombs were dropped on Japan during World War II, Paul Larsen flew photographers over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to capture the devastation on film.
“The cities were pulverized,” he said.
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Take a look from under a Japanese maple towards the sun to see an array of vibrant fall colors.
Japanese maple
Latin Name: Acer palmatum
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Charles Olton and Poppy at home in Hay Beach.
From Charles and Barbara Olton’s house on the northern tip of Shelter Island, the sweeping view takes in Gardiners Bay to Orient. But when Charles gazes out, he also sees across several centuries.
The 18th century, to be exact, when the British fleet en route to attack New York in 1776, lay becalmed off Hay Beach Point, keeping their horses alive with hay harvested just below his living room windows. (more…)
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Karen Brush, second vice president of the Garden Club of Shelter Island announced on April 8: “The Garden Club of Shelter Island has regretfully cancelled our Daffodil Show at the Ram’s Head on Saturday, April 18 due to the severity of the winter and dearth of flowers or even buds. We are exploring having a Daffodil Exhibition at a later date.
“The Garden Club welcomes new members interested in any or all aspects of gardening, conservation, horticulture and flower arranging and design. Come to a program and learn more. Our next public lecture will be on Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging on Wednesday, May 13 at 12:30 p.m. at St Mary’s Parish Hall. The program is free.”
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Fried blowfish with gremolata — parsley, garlic and lemon.
Eating fish can be complicated and no fish is more daunting than the blowfish.
Aren’t parts of it poisonous? Why does it look nothing like a fish? Is it even edible?
To those who hesitate to eat a creature that looks like a spiny piñata, I say, you eat pineapple, right? (more…)